Altaf Mazid

Altaf Mazid Rija ( 13 April 2016), known professionally as Altaf Mazid, was an Indian documentary filmmaker and critic in the Assamese cinema. He also worked as a film producer and director in Jollywood. His last documentary was Sabin Alun (The Broken Song) that revolves around the Karbi people. He was later nominated to juries of film festivals, including 10th International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam and the 9th Dubai International Film Festival, among others.

He was born around 1957 in Guwahati, India. He served as an executive engineer in Assam at the Department of Public Health Engineering. He had one daughter. His wife, Dr Zabeen Ahmed, is a former librarian of Cotton University, Assam.

He screened digital version of Joymoti, the first Assamese film and presented it at film festivals, including Seventh Asiatica Film Mediale at Rome Film Festival.

Filmography

Awards and nominations

Death Altaf Mazid died of myocardial infarction on 13 April 2016 in Bengaluru, India.